Kittel is the Fourth: The man in the Green Jersey of the best on the 10. Not to beat a stage. Again, the German will win a mass sprint, and sets a new record.
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New German record in the Tour de France
The German sprint star Marcel Kittel has in the 104. Tour de France celebrated his fourth stage victory, and his total of 13. Days success and is now the sole German record holder. Kittel from the Team Quick-Step Floors began on the 178-Kilometer long tenth section of Périgeux to Bergerac ahead of John Degenkolb from Team Trek-Segafredo.
With his 13 Victories, the 29-year-old Kittel Ex-sprint star Erik Zabel, left behind, had achieved in his career, a twelve-stage success at the Tour. Kittel also expanded its leadership in the fight for the Green Jersey. The Yellow Jersey of the overall leader claimed the title of defender Christopher Froome from great Britain.
“I can’t believe it, am over the moon. Four stage wins – I’m overwhelmed,” said Kittel: “to have The record alone, it means a lot to me. As I started Cycling, I couldn’t even imagine to go on the Tour.” Sadness, however, in the case of veteran André Greipel, who continued his hapless Tour. Although his Lotto Team in the directions of the difficult Sprints with two 90-degree curves lot of work, the 34-Year-old is only on place twelve.
Kittel, who had won in 2013 and 2014, also four times in the Tour, continues his pursuit of a record already on Wednesday, when the 11. Stage in Pau, on the edge of the Pyrenees with the next bunch sprint is likely. Five or more stage wins in a single Tour has reached in the history of the tour de France as the only pure Sprinter Mark Cavendish: The Briton won the 2009 six, in 2010 and 2011, he won five successes. The Tour record is for Kittel but probably unattainable: Charles Pelissier (1930), Eddy Merckx (1970/1974) and Freddy Maertens (1976) won, respectively, eight times in a Large loop. Merckx has achieved with 33, the most stage wins ever.
Doping case of Team Bora concealed?
The former Bora-driver Ralf Matzka
For anxiety, the case of the previous Bora-riders Ralf Matzka, who had already been in the past year, tested positive. Bora team Manager Ralph Denk, the team announced Tuesday. Also world champion, Peter Sagan, riding for the German team. According to the Think was at Matzka on 3. March 2016, the substance Tamoxifen demonstrated. Matzka no longer went from 2013 to 2016 for the Bora-Cycling team, after which he was a member of the current World Tour Team. Matzka has been locked, but neither suspended nor. The world Cycling Federation UCI have initiated an Association of internal procedures and proceedings, informed Thinking, which is called a water contamination for the positive test as a possible cause. The Team expect an acquittal. A preliminary investigation of the Prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt had been dropped due to lack of already in September 2016.
The world Cycling Federation UCI, for the sport legal proceedings, said on Reuters request, that the case was not yet complete, and the Anti-Doping Tribunal the UCI dealt with it. According To Article 7.9.1. the Anti-Doping regulations did not require it in the case of Tamoxifen a provisional suspension. Therefore, the method had not been made public.
asz (dpa, sid)